Microsoft Certification – The Mark Russinovich Exam
Microsoft has released information for exam 70-660, TS: Windows Internals. This might be an odd sounding title to anyone who…
Microsoft has released information for exam 70-660, TS: Windows Internals. This might be an odd sounding title to anyone who…
I am no longer a user of Windows Vista.
It has been nearly a year since Microsoft released Vista. I first wrote about it when I tested the upgrade process from Windows XP to Vista Business Edition. Shortly after that I upgraded my laptop and resolved a few minor issues with the optical drive, the Intel wireless configuration utility, Media Player, Explorer, Small Business Server, and constant system beeps that were starting to drive me nuts.
For most of the year now I’ve used Windows Vista Business Edition on the laptop in my home office and the laptop at my work. Both are about the same hardware spec – dual core CPU with 2Gb RAM. The home office laptop originally ran Windows XP Professional with only 1Gb RAM and was very fast. I later upgraded it to 2Gb RAM after Vista was installed. The laptop at work arrived with Vista pre-installed by Dell (which I stripped right back, removing all the ridiculous apps they ship with) and had 2Gb RAM from the start.
My primary gripe is the performance of the work laptop. It is just unacceptably slow. When I sit and consider my morning office routine I realise that it is based around how long it takes for Vista to boot and be at a functional desktop with my email and web browser open ready to start work. It takes forever.
Every now and then I'll see someone in a forum post the results of a ping or tracert in a…
My licenses for Windows Vista Business Edition arrived last week and so I thought I would document the process I…
I was out at a customer site on the weekend setting up their new computer. Should be no problems at…